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Things I don’t have time for

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5th Feb 2021 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 53 Comments

What with all this home learning and working and the recent spate of regular running, I've found that its really hard to fit in all the things. Add to this all the lovely kind people who are sharing extra bits and bobs that might "help" keep us occupied and I'm finding that I'm ignoring lots … Continue reading Things I don’t have time for

Home Learning Round Two

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10th Jan 202110th Jan 2021 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 26 Comments

Ding ding ding, seconds out! We're on our own again, well sort of. As everyone suspected would be the case, English schools closed for the spring term. No, not at the end of the winter term, during the holidays, or just before reopening. No, they closed after one day of the children being back - … Continue reading Home Learning Round Two

Inclusion – a how to

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29th Nov 202029th Nov 2020 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 40 Comments

Warning: I'm just going to dive right in here, no gentle preamble or stories about silly things the boys did. The issues around inclusion and unconscious bias (as well as just basic exclusion based on gender, race, social position, education, religion, and orientation or identity) are a bit of a bug bear for me. From … Continue reading Inclusion – a how to

Staying home, staying safe in review

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29th Aug 20201st Oct 2020 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 39 Comments

After 17 weeks of staying home and safe, gradually going out a bit more, and reflecting every week on our ups and downs I've learned loads about what keeps our family ticking. Home learning has taught me at least 10 things, doubtless many more. I wanted to look back and reflect on our family's experiences: … Continue reading Staying home, staying safe in review

10 Things Home Learning has Taught Me

a week in pictures
22nd Jul 202030th Aug 2020 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 36 Comments

Its been said thousands of times by, well, pretty much everyone. 2020 hasn't quite been what anyone could have expected at the start of the year. I'm not going to get absorbed by the ins and outs and the politics of how we've ended up in such an awful mess. The 17 weeks we spent … Continue reading 10 Things Home Learning has Taught Me

Staying home, staying safe – week 17

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19th Jul 202028th Jul 2020 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 18 Comments

This is a little diary of our seventeenth week in social isolation (well, ish by this point), encumbered by home learning's last week, working from home, and himself in work from time to time. It seems a very long time since this all started now. With the end of term on Friday, this is going … Continue reading Staying home, staying safe – week 17

Staying home, staying safe – week 16

bathroom ceiling with flakey paint removed
12th Jul 202030th Aug 2020 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 19 Comments

This is a little diary of our sixteenth week in social isolation (well, ish by this point), encumbered by home learning, working from home, and himself in work from time to time. It seems a very long time since this all started now. Here are the highlights and lowlights. See what happened in week 15. … Continue reading Staying home, staying safe – week 16

The Home Stretch?

School bags and coats piled and ready to go
10th Jul 202010th Jul 2020 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 32 Comments

As we approach the end of the summer term in England, its tempting to feel like this is the home stretch towards a brighter reality without the weight of home learning hanging around our necks. I'm bracing myself though, for that being totally unrealistic. School Holidays After the end of term comes school holidays. Not … Continue reading The Home Stretch?

Staying home, staying safe – week 15

a snapperwack made from bark, sticks and ferns
5th Jul 202012th Jul 2020 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 23 Comments

This is a little diary of our fifteenth week in social isolation (well, ish by this point), encumbered by home learning, working from home, and himself in work from time to time. It seems a very long time since this all started now. Here are the highlights and lowlights. See what happened in week 14. … Continue reading Staying home, staying safe – week 15

Staying home, staying safe – week 14

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28th Jun 202018th Nov 2020 ~ Smelly Socks and Garden Peas ~ 23 Comments

This is a little diary of our fourteenth week in social isolation (well, ish by this point), encumbered by home learning, working from home, and himself in work from time to time. It seems a very long time since this all started now. Here are the highlights and lowlights. See what happened in week 13. … Continue reading Staying home, staying safe – week 14

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